Searching for alternative tweed suppliers, I've just come across this fantastic project started up a few years ago. How enterprising to have started up in a totally unexpected place in the way that they have. I wish them all the best luck, and hope they continue to thrive....http://www.londoncloth.com/about/Have a look....they're sumptuous!

PS Of course my abiding interest in fabrics generally, and tweed in particular here, has now been ignited again, and sparked ideas for beautiful garments, but the prospect of customers for such stuff in my little neck of the woods seem thin on the ground. However, if you have the spare cash, I could make you something sumptuous in handwoven tweed for a fraction of the cost of shop bought, and it would actually fit you to a T!

Here's an article on the blog of the man that set up the London Cloth Company. Interesting, and funny too: